--- title: Nahum 3:15 (JPS 1917) — There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, it s… · tree and pragmatics description: There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, it shall devour thee like the canker-worm; make thyself many as the canker-worm, make thyself many as the locusts. Who acts: fire, sword. 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The page gives the sentence's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, parsed by Mova and checked by a teacher model — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (fire, sword), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it. The original of the verse links back to its own tree and to the Targum. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = jps:NAM:48 # text = There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, it shall devour thee like the canker-worm; make thyself many as the canker-worm, make thyself many as the locusts. 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 5 expl _ _ 2 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 devour devour VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 5 obj _ _ 7 ; ; PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 10 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 cut cut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 12 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 11 obj _ _ 13 off off ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 devour devour VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 18 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 17 obj _ _ 19 like like ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 21 canker canker NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 compound _ _ 22 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 21 punct _ _ 23 worm worm NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 25 make make VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 26 thyself thyself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes|Style=Arch 25 obj _ _ 27 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 xcomp _ _ 28 as as ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 30 canker canker NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ _ 31 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 30 punct _ _ 32 worm worm NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 advcl _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 make make VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 35 thyself thyself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes|Style=Arch 34 obj _ _ 36 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 xcomp _ _ 37 as as ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 locusts locust NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ _ 40 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: pos - teacher: changed form=decl, act=assert, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **devour** | shall | the fire | thee | | there | | | vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Patient | | 2 | **cut off** | shall | the sword | thee | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector thou=Eventuality | | 3 | **devour** | shall | fire | thee | | | | like the canker worm | vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Patient | | 4 | **make** | infinitive | the fire *not said here* | thyself | | | | many *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset thyself=Product | | 5 | **make** | infinitive | the fire *not said here* | thyself | | | | many *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset thyself=Product | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. ## The Hebrew of this verse {#hebrew} שָׁ֚ם תֹּאכְלֵ֣ךְ אֵ֔שׁ תַּכְרִיתֵ֣ךְ חֶ֔רֶב תֹּאכְלֵ֖ךְ כַּיָּ֑לֶק הִתְכַּבֵּ֣ד כַּיֶּ֔לֶק הִֽתְכַּבְּדִ֖י כָּאַרְבֶּֽה׃ [Nahum 3:15: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/NAM.3.15/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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